Hay-handling appliance.



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HAY HANDLING APPLIANGE.

APPLIOATION FILED oo'r.ze, 1911.

41,021,085, Patented Mar.26, 1912.

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WILLIAM A. BAILEY, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAY-HANDLING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 656,909.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLLAM A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Handling Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hay handling appliances and more particularly to mechanism for loading hay, etc. from a wagon into a loft or other place of storage.

An object of the invention is to provide mechanism of this character, which may be operated by one person, thus eliminating the' labor and expense of several workmen heretofore required for this work.

Another object is to provide a mechanism of this character which may be operated by an ordinary gasolene or other motor positioned at a suitable place within or outside of the barn, as desired, and, another object is to provide an appliance of this character which may be automatically operated by shifting a lever, to unload the material from the wagon and load the same into the barn and also automatically return the hay fork after each deposit of material within the barn.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointed out inthe specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a barn, showing the loading mechanism connected therewith and in operation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the hay fork and the carriage upon the longitudinal track.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the shaft of an engine, which may be of any suitable type and is provided with a belt wheel 2 upon said shaft, over which is adapted to work the belt 3 also engaged over the belt wheel 4, upon the shaft 5 of the appliance.

Upon the shaft 5, which may be positioned parallel with the shaft 1 of the engine or at any other position desired in relation to said engine shaft, are carried the hoisting rope spool 6 andthe trip rope spool 7. These spools are positioned upon opposite ends of the shaft 5 and inwardly of the bearing brackets 8, within which the opposite extremities of the shaft are mounted. It will be understood that one extremity of the shaft 5 is projected through one of the bearing brackets 8 and upon this eX- tended extremity is positioned a belt wheel 4, previously mentioned. The spools 6 and 7 are spaced a suitable distance from one another and between these spools is mounted the slidable clutch 9 having clutch teeth 10 and 11 upon its opposite ends for engagement with similar teeth l2 and 13 upon the adjacent ends of the spools 6 and 7, respectively. Extending outwardly from the central portion of the clutch 9 is a circular flange 14, upon the opposite sides of which are positioned the fingers 15 of the clutch shifting lever 16. The lever' 16 is pivoted by means of the pin 17 to a suitable cross beam or brace 18, which extends horizontally between the uprights 19 upon which are secured the short posts 20, carrying the bearing brackets 8. The short posts 20 are connected near their lower ends by a cross brace 21, parallel with the horizontal brace 18; and mounted in suitable brackets 22, carried by the cross brace 21, is the shaft 23 upon which is slidably mounted the pulley or guide wheel 24, the purpose of which will later appear.

The clutch shifting lever 16 is projected a suitable distance and the upper' end 25 thereof bent at a right angle and projected through a suitable slightly curved slot or opening 26 Within the side of the structure 27.

Secured to the under face of one of the projecting rafters 28 is the I-track 29, upon which works the wheels 30 of the carriage 31, it being understood that the track 29 is continued for a suitable distance within the structure 27. Depending from the inner end of the track 29 is a bracket 32, which carries the pulley wheel 33 in its lower portion. Projecting outwardly from an upright 19 of the structure is a bracket 34 carrying a pulley wheel or guide roller 35. The purpose of these pulleys will now be described. Y

The fork shifting and carriage moving rope 36 has one end secured to the spool 7 and is adapted to be wound therearound when said spool is engaged by the slidable clutch 9, causing the spool to be rotated in the proper direction to wind the rope 36 t-hereupon. The rope 36 is passed around the pulleys 35 and 33 and over the pulley 37 carried between the depending arms 38 of the carriage 31 and then around the pulley wheel 39 in the upper end of the vertical or main portion 40 of the hay fork, and finally secured in the perforated ear 41 depending from the carriage 31. It will thus be seen that as the rope 36 is wound upon the spool 7, the hay fork will be drawn upwardly against the carriage 31, after which the carriage 31 will be caused to move upon the track. 29 to the desired position within the structure 27.

Carried in the lower end of the main portion 40 of the hay fork is a suitable pin 42, upon which the upper extremities of the halves 43 of the divided hay fork are secured. It will be understood that the tines 44 of the halves 43 are suitably curved and connected together for the purpose of gripping and holding hay or like material between said halves. Pivoted to one of the tines 44 of a half 43 is one end of the trip lever 46, which is pivoted near this end to the opposite half 43 and extends outwardly therefrom for a suitable distance, terminating in the enlarged perforated extremity 47. The .trip lever 46 is preferably curved, as shown.

Secured wit-hin the enlarged perforated extremity 47 of the trip lever 46 is one end of the trip lever operating cord 48, which passes around the guide roller or pulley Wheel 49, carried in a suitable bracket 50 extending from a post 51 or other stationary object, and from this pulley 49 the cord passes around the slidable pulley 24, previously described, and then onto the spool 6, to which the second end of the cord is securely fastened.

This appliance may be connected with a barn or other structure of practically any type, it being clearly understood that the arrangement of the pulleys and brackets may be varied as desired to obtain the best results. It will also be understood that should the structure consist of more than one story, the floor or floors 52 may be provided with suitable openings 53, through which the rope 36 may freely operate.

When it is desired to store hay or like material within the barn, the wagon or other conveyance 54 is brought to a position directly beneath the outer end of the track 29, from which position the material 55 may be readily lifted by means of the hay fork and carried to the desired place wit-hin the structure. The upper end 25 of the lever, which may be readily grasped by the perso-n upon the load of material, is moved in-the proper volved in the proper direction to wind the cord 48 thereupon, separating the halves 43 of the hay fork and drawing the latter downwardly upon the load of material, it being understood that the engine has been previously startedand motion transmitted to the shaft 5 through the belt wheels 2 and 4 and the belt 3. The lever 16 is then moved in the opposite direction, disengaging the slidable clutch 9 from the spool 6 and engaging said clutch with the spool 7, causing the latter to rotate and wind the rope 36 thereupon, also leaving the spool 6 free to rotate as required in allowing the cord 48 to automatically unwind therefrom, as will be later clearly understood. As the spool 7 rotates to Wind the rope 36 thereupon, the halves 43 of the hay fork will be drawn together, catching and holding a quantity of the material 55 therebetween and as the upward draw upon the hay fork increases, the latter will be drawn upwardly until it engages against the under side of the carriage 31. The strain or pull upon the rope 36 being continued, causes the carriage 31 to move along the track 37 toward the pulley wheel 33 and as the hay fork full of material is directly therebeneath, the same will be drawn to the proper position within the struct-ure, at which moment the lever 16 is again swung from engagement with the spool 7 and into engagement with the spool 6. This last swinging operation of the lever 16 causes a slack in the rope 36 and at the same time tightens the cord 38, causing the trip lever 46 to swing upon its pivot and separate the halves 43 of the hay fork, allowing the material to drop therefrom upon the floor of the structure. As the pull upon the cord 48 is continued, the carriage 31 will be caused to move again toward the outer end of the track 29 and the hay fork to move downwardly to again engage the material 55 upon the conveyance 54, for the purpose of gripping more of the material between said halves. This operation may be repeated until all of the material from the conveyance 54 has been deposited within the structure .57, said operation being accomplished by means of shifting the lever 16 back and forth.

The operation,-as will be evident, may be performed by one person while upon the load of material to be stored away, thus making it possible for one workman to perform this operation, which heretofore required a number of persons. It will also be evident that owing to the simple formation of the parts employed, the appliance may be readily positioned for use in connection with barns and other structures of various types.

The spools being of ordinary form and the sliding clutch of a simple formation, the operation Will be positive and practically all danger of the operative parts becoming ineffective or being caught and thus breaking, is eliminated.

What I claim is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a main shaft, spools mounted upon said shaft and spaced from one another, means for alternately locking the spools for rotation AWith the shaft, a rope secured to one of the spools and adapted to be Wound therearound during the rotation of said spool With the shaft, a cord connected to and adapted to be Wound around the other spool during the rotation thereof with the shaft, a carriage, a track for the carriage, said rope being connected to the carriage, a lifting and carrying fork carried upon said rope, a trip lever connected to said fork and adapted When operated to open said fork, said rope being adapted when Wound upon its spool to draw the fork against the carriage and move the carriage With the fork thereagainst along its track, said cord being connected to the trip lever and adapted to operate the latter to open the fork When said cord is Wound upon its spool, and means for rotating said shaft.

2. A device of the class described comprising a rotary shaft, spools loosely mounted upon opposite ends of said shaft and spaced from one another, means to lock either spool to said shaft, a longitudinal track, a carriage movable upon the track, a rope having one end connected to one of the spools and its opposite end to the carriage, means to guide the rope, said rope being adapted to be Wound around its spool, lifting and carrying means suspended in said rope beneath the carriage, said rope when Wound around its spool being adapted to draw the lifting and carrying means against the carriage and move said carriage and lifting and carrying means along the track, a cord having one end connected to the other spool and its opposite end connected with the lifting and carrying means, said second spool being adapted When locked with the shaft to Wind the cord thereupon, said cord when Wound upon its spool being adapted to return the carriage and the lifting and carrying means to their initial positions, and means for rotating the shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM BAILEY, R. C. JOHNSON.

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